Newt Has Some Nerve

Newt Gingrich got some applause at the last debate and now thinks he’s the king of the world. He’s as narcissistic as President Obama, and that’s saying something. This is the message he had for Rick Santorum this morning.

A reporter asked the former House speaker if the former Pennsylvania senator should drop out of the race. “Well I would be delighted if he decided to endorse me,” Gingrich said, but added it was Santorum and Perry’s decision to make.
“So I am respectful that Rick has every right to run as long as he feels that’s what he should do, but from the stand point of the conservative movement, consolidating into a Gingrich candidacy would in fact virtually guarantee a victory on Saturday,” Gingrich said in Florence Tuesday. “And I’d be delighted if either Perry or Santorum wanted to do that.” (Read More)

This coming from the guy who hasn’t finished in the top three in either of the contests held so far. The Other McCain is as disgusted as I am.

The fact that Santorum beat Gingrich in New Hampshire has been woefully underreported. As the Boston Globe pointed out, it appeared late on primary night and into the next morning that Gingrich had won fourth place. But when the final votes were tallied, Santorum took fourth by a margin of 138 votes, with 23,312 votes to Gingrich’s 23,174.

Meanwhile, as Byron York reported Monday, it is still quite possible that the final official count in Iowa will show that Santorum defeated Mitt Romney there, and Santorum is planning for a long campaign.

Read the whole thing. Newt might be a good actor when it comes to the debates, but he’s nuts.

Update: The Camp of the Saints linked and noted “The ego has landed.”

Tags: narcissist, Newt Gingrich, nuts, Rick Santorum